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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the hero respond when the man inside the room with Greek inscription offers him a special power?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He flips a coin to decide.
(c) He accepts.
(d) He walks away.

2. For whom does Amadeus name the asylum?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His father.
(c) Himself.
(d) His mother.

3. What is the creature associated with the astrological sign Pisces?
(a) Fish.
(b) Bull.
(c) Crab.
(d) Lion.

4. Who decides whether the hero goes free at the end?
(a) Ruth.
(b) The Joker.
(c) Cavendish.
(d) Two Face.

5. What are the Greek words inscribed above one of the villain's doors?
(a) Body electric.
(b) Nothing in excess.
(c) Know thyself.
(d) Everything in moderation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Amadeus electrocute?

2. Who destroys the asylum?

3. Which character from a popular children's book is depicted at the end of the novel?

4. What item or weapon is used to destroy the asylum?

5. Who kills Cavendish?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Doctor Destiny's appearance and what made him a dangerous villain. How does the hero defeat him?

2. Why do colleagues offer specific praise to Amadeus when he opens his asylum?

3. How does Arkham get the laughing he hears from an empty room to stop. Why does this work?

4. Explain why Cavendish gets involved in crossing the lives of Arkham and the hero.

5. What idea does the hero contrive to allow the inmates to decide whether he lives or dies?

6. Where does the blood trail lead and what does the hero realize at the end of it?

7. What is ironic about Cavendish calling the hero a "mommy's boy"?

8. How does the hero defeat Clayface?

9. What in the novel makes a connection between past and present? Explain why.

10. Briefly discuss Amadeus' death.

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